Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-05-12
Planting Eyerrrcens.
For The Farmer, by Theodore Brcwste,

fOT lle FuTtIeT, ny lHeOuorc BTcWSEeT.
AS the time for planting evergrecns
for windbreaks and ornamental pur-
poses is now here. l will give Il few
suggestions for the benefit of those who
do not know how to handle them.
For windbreaks, take small trees
from II to "a inches. Larger trees are
too expensive and a year or two's diff
ference in the growth you will scarcely
notice ten years hence. Here let me
impress upon your mind, Mr.. Planter,
that when you go for your trees Gf at u
nursery moisten and wrap up the
roots of the eyergreens as fast rs they
are dug. If small trees take Il gunny
sack. Wet it thoroughly and put the
roots of each tree into it as soon as dug
till full, then wet the roots well. wrap
ano ther sack around it, tie compactly
and lay away out of sun and wind till
you get all your trees, with the same
care. Don't for one minute let the
roots of the tree be exposed to the sun
or air unless it is raining. Go home as
soon as you can. Take your bundles of
trees to the planting ground, dig place
for the roots in mellow soil, bring two
or three buckets of water. Now open
one bundle ut a time, wet the roots at
once, place them in the ground and
cover ut once with fine, moist soil,
pressing it down thoroughly. Thor
oughly wet the earth around the roots
but do not wet the tops. If you cannot
plant for several days, shade the tops
with straw or old hay. Plant at once
if possible. The soil where the trees
are to be planted should be mellow,
free from Jumps and stubble or trash
OF any sort.
When ready to plant, have large
candy pail nearly full of water in
which to carry the trees, so the roots
will be in water while out of the
ground. Keep the roots wet. tRead
the last four words over three times.)
If you plant but two rows plant them
four feet apart in the row and rows s
or 10 feet apart. Carry the pail of
trees to the place of beginning. Dig a
hole the depth of the length of the
roots and as wide rs the roots can be
Strengthened out each side, put in Il
spade full of fine, mellow soil, press 1t
down firmly with your boot, then, un-
less the soil is wet by a recent heavy
rain, put in about half a bucket of
water; if the soil is rather dry, whole
bucketful to tree will not be too
much. Put the water in before the
hole is half full of earth, as the earth is
needed around the roots. Now straig hit
en- the side roots out and fill up the
hole with soil; press it down well, then
throw a spade full of loose soil on top,
for this reason: A loose, ffiable sur
face soil will not dry out like hard,
firm surface. Plant all your trees by
this careful method. Cultivate by
working the soil with cultivator and
hoe till July. Don't plant anything
nearer than four feet and then beans or
potatoes. In July put some straw
around each tree and out two and a
half feet from the tree, so it will be
three or four inches thick after settled
down. A little earth on the straw will
hold it there. In this way you lose no
trees to speak of.
Larger evergreens for dooryard or
ornamental purposes should he handled
with even greater care. ITO be planted
in sod or grass, remove the grass to the
depth of four inches across a space five
feet wide. Use two pals Of water (not
too colD for each tree, by the time the
hole is one-half full. After planting,
| mulch with wet straw or hay out
three feet from the tree. 1 never
water tree after it is planted. Plant
two or. three inches deeper than they
stood in the nursery. Follow these
rules and you will lose no trees, even
transplanting up to the Goth of May.